Worcester cab driver charged with rape of 2 teens at Northboro motel

NORTHBORO — A Worcester cab driver who police said had sex with two teenage girls apparently working as prostitutes at Motel 6 was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail Wednesday.

According to police, Rodney Sully, 36, of 196 Fairmont Ave., Apt. 1, Worcester, was arrested at the Route 9 motel at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday after a motel clerk called police to report an act of prostitution. The girls are 14 and 16 years old.

When police arrived at the motel, they found the 14-year-old lying on the bed naked, according to Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Queally. She said both girls appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.

She said the girls told police they were outside the motel waiting for a room when they were approached by Mr. Sully, who told them they could wait in his room. Once inside, he allegedly provided them with alcohol. She said the girls stated they believed their drinks had been spiked because they didn't feel well. They said Mr. Sully took an ecstasy pill and gave one to the older girl. The younger girl told police she performed oral sex on Mr. Sully and was present when he had sexual intercourse twice with the 16-year-old.

Defense attorney Daniel Cox said the girls told Mr. Sully they were 23 and 26. He said Mr. Sully is a married father of three children, ages 4, 10 and 13. He said Mr. Sully, a naturalized citizen from Haiti, is a Red Cab driver in Worcester. He said Mr. Sully had been staying at the motel because he and his wife, a nursing student at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, are estranged.

He said Mr. Sully encountered the girls after they had been evicted from their motel room for nonpayment. They asked him to drive them to a location in Worcester and then back to the motel. They allegedly asked if they could stay in Mr. Sully's room until a boyfriend they had called could come to pay their room charge.

Mr. Sully is charged with rape, rape of a child under 16, indecent assault and battery (two counts) and contributing to the delinquency of a minor (two counts). At his arraignment in Westboro District Court Judge Robert Calagione set bail at $100,000 cash or $1 million with surety. Mr. Sully was ordered to have no contact with the girls and to be on a GPS monitoring device if he's able to make bail. The case was continued to Oct. 9.